Viacheslav Ivanovski

Vacislav Ivanovsky
Personal information
Native name ויאצ'סלב איבנובסקי
Born (1975-08-14) August 14, 1975
Weight 218 lb (99 kg)
Sport
Country  Israel
Sport Weightlifting
Weight class Heavyweight

Vacislav Ivanovsky (ויאצ'סלב איבנובסקי; also "Viacheslav"; born August 14, 1975) is an Israeli former Olympic weightlifter.[1]

Weightlifting career

Ivanovsky won the silver medal at the 1995 Junior European Weightlifting Championships in Beer Sheva, Israel, in the Sub-Heavyweight class (lifting 370.0 kg).[2] He won the bronze medal at the 1996 European Weightlifting Championships, in the Sub-Heavyweight class (lifting 377.5 kg).[1]

Ivanovsky competed for Israel at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, at the age of 20, in Weightlifting-Men's Heavyweight I (99 kg).[1][3] He did not complete a lift in the snatch at 175.0 kg, and did not finish.[1][4] When he competed in the Olympics, he weighed 218 lbs (99 kg).[1]

He won the gold medal in the 1998 European Weightlifting Championships, in the Heavyweight class (lifting 402.5 kg).[1] Ivanovsky came in 4th at the 1999 European Weightlifting Championships in Spain in the 105 kg class, with a total lift of 402.5 kg.[5]

Ivanovsky came in 6th at the 2001 World Weightlifting Championships in Turkey in the 105 kg class, with a total lift of 438.7 kg.[6] He came in 4th in the 2002 World Weightlifting Championships in Poland in the 105 kg class, with a total lift of 441.4.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Vacislav Ivanovsky Bio, Stats, and Results".
  2. ↑ "IWRP - Weightlifting Database".
  3. ↑ "Innovations in Sport Psychology: Linking Theory and Practice; Proceedings". Wingate Institute for Physical Education. 1 January 1997.
  4. ↑ "IWRP - Weightlifting Database".
  5. ↑ "IWRP - Weightlifting Database".
  6. ↑ "IWRP - Weightlifting Database".
  7. ↑ "IWRP - Weightlifting Database".
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